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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-10
THE RUSSIAN ARMY.
The Number of Soldiers Which tho Cssr
Could Bring Into the Field.

The Number of Soldiers Which tho Cssr
Could Bring Into the Field.
The official report on the Russian
army lately published contains the fol-
lowing particulars: On the 1st of JAN
uary, 1886, there were 1924. 1852 men. in
Guiding 5000 volunteers. in the active
army. The reserve amounted to e.
600, S15 in addition, thus making to-
tai of 3, 1926. 577 soldiers whom Russia
could bring into the field at need. In
Germany the maximum of the regular
and the Landwehr combined is COM
puted at 1900 600 men. Moreover.
Russia has at its disposal 2,160, 600
militia liable to be called upon
in time of war to recruit the ranks
of the regular army. The number of
young men annually liable TO the con-
scription is 852. 900. of whom about
one-half are exempted by lot. II the
term of service were reduced from five
to three years, the State would in a
short time be able to have 1000, 600
regular troops without having re-
course to the military reserves. The
Russian journals refer with jubilation
to these practically inexhaustible re-
sources as compared with other coun-
tries. At present there is no such
thing as force of irregulars. but it is
pointed out that nuclei of troops of
that description existin ample measure
among the tribes of Central Asia, the
Caucasus and the Transcaspian prov
inces M Y Post.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-10
IN A BUTTON FACTORY.
What q Brooklyn Reporter Saw in Visit
to One of Them.

What q Brooklyn Reporter Saw in a Visit
to One of Them.
A single button is an insignificant
thing and in money value doesn't
amount to much, but when it is stated
that in the five establishments devoted
to button making in this city there is a
capital of $3.50. 900 invested, it is safe
to say that the business is considera-
BILE. Walking through Tiffany place,
in the Sixth ward, my attention was at
tracted to one of these factories. had
never seen button made and, in fact
this was the nearest / ever had been to
a place of the kind. and for the pur-
pose of improving the opportunity l
commenced climbing two flights of
stairs that are as steep as those leading
to Miss Liberty lofty perch on B ,dloe's
Island; but once inside the factory the
climbing of the steps was forgotten, as
the picture before me was full of inter-
est. There were about twenty girls at
work making OF painting buttons.
The power. drop and foot presses were
in constant motion. Ii making metal
buttons the sheet is first takon and put
through the power press which turns
out more shells in a minute than would
fill bushel basket. These almost
shapeless bits of brass o.
whatever the material may be, are then
carried over TO the drop, which falls on
them with heavy thud, and the tiny
things of future use come out OF it with
a rim formed around the she'll. The
eye maker is then put in use. aud next
machine called the closer is called
upon to perform, its duty and the butt
ton is flashed except in color, which
looks dull yellow, but this is rcme-
died. and the metal buttons show their
brightness " being put through i
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burning process in acid jars, which re-
semble ice-cream freezers. Then they
are cooled off in running water and
taken to the stamp press, which turns
quickly, and out they come with the
name of the maker Stamped in the
shell part There are made in these
establishments thousand different
varieties of metal buttons. mostly for
women's wear. Some are handsome
TO look at and others are not but all
go through the same process of manu-
featuring The fancy buttons are taken
to the painters. whose nimble fingers
are continually busy while put
ting on the finishing touches. In
making cloth buttons man has
ten layers of material before him from
out of which. by hand work, he
punches the same number of what are
called toughs at one time and the
whole operation works like flash of
lightning, so quick is the operation
performed. The toughs are then taken
alongside the shells, where one of the
work-women attempted to show me
how cloth button was made and
finished, but while listening to the ex-
PLANTATION of the work by the young
lady, the button was ready to 60 on
the card and be shipped for Europe or
anywhere else. She merely placed
the cloth or tough in the closing ma
chine and the eye in the tube, after
which the two were connected and a
delicate movement of the foot did the
rest rs the shell, eye and tough were
united and the cloth button was COM
pleted. Glove, shoe and all other
kinds Of buttons are manufactured in
the same way. was shown cloth
shoe button that at one time was
patented and capital Of 800. 900
another factory my attention was
called to metal button that
will, when thoroughly known, do away
with needle and thread. 1t is fastened
in the article OF clothing by self
locking machine that is as cunning as
it is simple.
The work of button-making seems to
be light and cleanly, but am sorry to
say that few of the women toilers are
ever likely to become millionaires while
following the industry, as their weekly
wages seldom 60 over seven dollars.
while more often the reward for their
labor is great deal less, running
down as low as two dollars, and
averaging, the year rosnd, five dollars
per week; but as Brooklyn buttons &c
everywhere on the face of the earth
and the business is yet in its infancy,
so to speak, it may be that in time the
bosses will be able to pay a higher rate
of wages while making more money
themselves. At any rate, button
factories are something that the gen.
eral public knows very little about, and
a visit to any one of those establish
ments would prove not only profitable
but highly interesting to those of al
inquiring turn of mind. brooklyn
Eu1le
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limiting a Proposal.

When lover is approaching the goal
of matrimony he sometimes finds it
difficult to announce his intentions. In
any such case, he might find it advan-
tageous to adopt the following cir
cuitous route, unless he can find an
other one still more roundabout:
A young native of Aberdeen, bashful
but desperately in love, finding that nc
notice was taken of his frequent visits
to the house of his sweetheart, sum-
moned up courage to address the girl
thus. jean, l wis here on Monday
NIGHT"
"Ay, ye were that" acknowledged
the girl. !.
IAN wis here on Tuesday NIGHT. y
$50 we WERE
..And / wis here on Wednesday"
GAY, an ye were here on Thursday
NIGHT"
"An' wis here last NIGHT, JEAN"
'Weel," said she, 'what if We
were?'
AN / am here the NIGHT again.
AN what ABBOTT it, even if ye cur
every nichtp"
What ABBOTT it, did ye say, Jean!
DID We no begin to smell ratP'-
| Youths Companion.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-10
THE LlMEkILN CLUB.
Brother Gardner Makes q Fcw Wonder
fully Practical Remarks.

Brother Gardner Makes q Fow Wonder
fully Practical Remarks.
"Dar' am sartin things l should like
you to remember" said Brother Card
ner as State Rights Smith finally got
over his fit of coughing and the hall be-
came quiet. "In de fust place, de man
who lies will knock man down fur
calm him liar jist as soon as man
who tells de troof. In de mex place, if
man says you lie, an you doan' lie.
how do you prove you doan' by hittin'
himp
"What men lack in argument dey
will try to make up either in ridicule Oh
bulldozin'.
"When you h'ar of pusson wild a
confidenshul friend, you hev found
somebody to be sorry fur.
"A man may hev your respect an
admiration fur half century on gen.
eral principles, an yit lose all in half a
day by refusin' to indorse youl bank
note.
''Moas' cherry man has his weak side,
an moas' of us, except de drunkard,
ar hypocrites. We hide our weak
ness, while he exhibits his.
II like to believe all men honest, but
l nebber take de same patent medicine
fur liver complaint an de toofache, nc
matter how de label reads.
If eber open bank shan't hunt
fur a cashier widout any small vices.
/ hev seen de time when chaw OF
plug terbacker stopped my hunger fun
my neighbours new pertaters.
| Il. ar easy huff to make friends in
new nayburhood. All you hev to dc
is to be cheerful lenG Jr. Your enc
mics will appear when you stop lendin'
an begin to borrow. Let us now take
de regular purceedin's an purceed tc
bizness. detroit Free Press
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-10
A LOGICAL CHILD.
How Little Edith Meant to Propltiate
the Weeping Angels.

How Little Edith Meant to PropItiatc
the Weeping Angels.
Do not give children false and figur-
alive explanations of things, because il
may be dangerous.
Here is story which may serve to
convey the same moral.
A little girl four years old, asked her
father one day:
Papa, where does the rain come
from?"
at is the tears of the angels, crying
when Edith has been naughty" said
he.
Edith pondered over this explana-
ton. One night later on, after Edith
had been making very stormy time
on going to bed, and had been told that
she was very naughty, she was missed
from her bed. Her mother, frightened
at her absence, made rapid search
and found that bureau drawer had
been opened and every thing in il
thrown out, but no Edith was to b.
found. just at this moment the door
bell was rung violently. and when il
was opened neighbor rushed IN, ex
claiming:
do you know that your little girl is
out on the roof"
The mother ran breathless up to thu
attic. where stairway led up to scut
tie and then out upon the sloping roo
of the house. And there Edith sat
perched upon the edge of the scuttle'
with lot of pocket-hand kerchief
spread about her.
my child" her mother shouted
catching her in her arms. What ar
you doing herep'
why, mamma, brought up som
han X chiefs for the angels to wip
their eyes with, cause rs so naughty,
so it wouldn't rain awfullyr'-B ostoi
| transcript.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

Happiness is not perfected until u
is shared. jane Porter
Successful treachery is worse than
honest defeat -America Merchant
Traveller.
The man without enemies may
not be much of man, but he has >
soft time Of it.
-Politeness is money, which en-
riches not him who receives il, but him
who dispenses it.
The strongest men are the most
tender-hcarted. The coolest and
sweetest waters flow from under the
greatest rocks..-K w BdttevshaH
This is the time of year when the
snowshovel, bedecked with cobwebs,
sits in the cellar window and leers At
the lawn-mower as it rattles painfully
over the places where the grass has
been kept of.
A crank in Savannah, Mo-, shot ct
the woman who refused him, but the
ball was stopped by her hustle, made
of old newspapers, and she was unin-
iured. Now is the time to subscribe.
--Marden Gazette.
.,, momo oU ,o..c 1 "a. - woross,.,
Who was chased BY a big Shanghai rorcester:
So frightened was she
No on na' ss suu pres nau 70 porcesse e
Boston Globe.
S,ndav-scbool scholar To teacher:
Did Won saw the hairs Of nv head
are numberedp Teacher-Yes. nv
doar Snndav-school scholar--Weli.
then fpulling out n hair and present.
inc IN what's the number of this onef
Or countrv Home.
!,
my DEAR sa,o inc elegant ~
Smoothemdown TO ms w,ie' wny sn. IN
unpreeeaen,ea ae, aty ~ ,ne W."
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-10
AMONG THE CUBANS.
Notes Taken at Random In the Far-Famed
City of Havana.

City Oh haVanas
The island has more fine harbors
than any other country of its size and
it is no wonder that the buccaneers of
the Spanish main selected it as the
center of their piratical enterprises. 1t
has two hundred and sixty rivers and
plenty of fresh water springs. 1t never
SHOWS in Cuba, though the ice some
times forms upon the mountains. The
babies can GO naked here the year
around, and as for the stocking trade
of Havana its customers are confined
to the higher classes. Neither stock
ings nor suspenders are used by the
laborers, and 1 doubt whether there
are one thousand pairs of suspenders
worn by the 1900, 600 people who make
up that Islands population. They use
instead belt strap, and the majority
of the workingmen of the island con-
fine their apparel to an undershirt and
trousers. The better class of men
dress in white duck, with Panama
hats.
The lower class Of women wear few
underclothes, and calico wrapper
and pair of heelless slippers are a
wardrobe. There are no carpets on
the floors or plaster on ceilings. Iron
bars take the place of glass windows,
and there is not chimney nor cook
ing stove in Havana. There are no barns
and the horses are washed in the har-
bors instead of being curried. There
are no bricks used in the sidewalks,
and the average sidewalk is three feet
wide and of stone. The building
stone used is porous one, and this
is covered with stucco. Havana has
parks, but there is no grass in them,
and as for shade, it can be got only by
going to the mountains
The policemen carry swords and
guns, and the offices of all kinds are
filled by Spaniards. There are no
mattresses on the Cuban beds, and as
for feather pillows, there are not
enough feathers used here to make a
wad for the earache. There are few
china pitchers used in Havana, and the
drinking-mug is Of porous clay, with
hole at the top, out of which the
water is poured into the mouth in a
trickling stream. Red brick tiles takes
the place of shingles, and the tops Of
the houses are used in the evenings for
sitting-rooms. The gardens of Havana
are inside the houses, instead of be-
hind them.
The Cuban takes oranges. bread and
butter and coffee for breakfast. He
pares bis oranges as we do apples. and
you find plates of pared oranges be-
fore you on the table when you sit
down to the morning meal. The way
to eat these oranges is to drive a fork
into them, plaat your teeth firmly into
the lucious fruit and suck the juice.
The Cuban breakfast is taken on ris-
ing, and theu another breakfast about
nine or ten o'clock. This is more like
the American meal, and the whole city
knocks off for it. Passing along the
street ut this time you may see fami-
lies at their meals through the open
windows and doors. and an hour or
two later the. whole town seems to be
taking sicsta- Dinner is eaten be-
tween five and six o'clock, and the
stores keep open until about nine
o'clock in the evening. Home Journal
Tobacco Is being extensively cult.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-10
LIFE ON THE MOON.
The Likelihood That the Satellite WIS
Once Inhabited by Men.

Once Inhabited by Men.
There is reason for thinking that
the moon is not absolutely airless.
and, while it has no visible body Of
water. its soil may, after all, not be
entirely arid and desiccated. These
are observations which hint at visible
changes in certain spots that could
possibly be caused by vegetation, and,
there are other observations which
suggest the display of electric lumin-
osity in rarcfed atmosphere cover
ing the moon. To declare that no pos
sible form of life can exist under the
conditions prevailing upon the lunar
surface would be saying to much, for
human intellige nee can not set bounds
to creative power. Yet, within the
limits of life, such as we know them,
it is probably safe to assert that the
moon is a dead and de-
serted world. In other words,
if race of beings resembling
ourselves. or resembling any of our
contemporaries terrestrial life, ever ex-
listed upon the moon. they must long
since have persisted. That such beings
may have existed is possible, particu-
larlr if it is true, as generally be-
lieved, that the moon once had CON-
paratively dense atmosphere and
water upon its surface, which have
now. in the process of cooling of the
lunar globe, being withdrawn into its
interior 1t certainly does not detract
from the interest with which we study
the rugged and beautiful scenery OF
the moon to reflect that if we could
visit those ancient sea-bottoms. or ex-
plore those glittering mountains. we
might. perchance. find there some re-
mains or mementoes of a race that
fourished. and perhaps was all gath
cred again to its fathers, before man
appeared upon the earth. = Garrett P
Serviss, in Popular Science Monthly.
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SUGGESTIVE FACTS.
Rev. Hippolytus Smoothtext's Model A

Rev. Hippolytus Smoothtext's Model An
niversary Sermon.
Last Sunday Rev. Hippolytus Smooth
text, B. A., Of the Church of st. Sleep
ers, preached an anniversary sermon
which we can commend to all pastors
who are given to preaching anniversary
sermons as model of its kind. True,
it did not possess that unfathomable
depth of bottomless profundity and
limitless breadth of encyclopaedia cru
dition so characteristic of the discursive
expositions of Rev. Philetns Dobbs, ID.
D., but nevertheless, taken all in all, it
may be considered model anniversary
sermon. Especially instructive and
suggestive were the statistics which, so
far as we have observed, were of kind
never before introduced in discourse
of this nature. and it is to this model
feature of the sermon that we desire
especially to direct the attention of
young ministers, who have yet to make
their mark in anniversary efforts.
Rev. Hippolytus Smoothtext, B. A., in
reviewing the work of his pastorate,
stated among other things, that he had,
during the year of his Christian min
istry, just closed, preached 104 sermons,
Is mortuary discourses, solemnized Il
hymeneal ceremonies, delivered II
lectures, of which 16 were on secular
and all the others on religious sub
jects; made 80 addresses of which all but
81 were on matters most nearly touch
ing the vital religious concerns of the
church; had read aloud in public 1856
chapters of the Bible, lao of which were
very long ones; had made pastoral
calls, 312; taken tea on such occasions,
312 times; distributed 804 tracts; visit
ed the sick several times; sat on the
platform at temperance and other pub
lie meetings AZ times; had the headache
Sabbath morning and SO compelled to
appear before his people in a condition
of physical pain, nervous prostration
and bodily distress that utterly untitled
him for public preaching. 104 times;
picnics attended, 10; dinners, 81; suf-
fered from attacks of malignant dys-
pepsia. 81 times; read 74S hymns; in
structed the choir in regard to selec-
ton of tunes. time; had severe colds,
104 times; sore throat. 104 times; ma
iaria, 104 times; had written S,l20
pages OF sermons; declined invitations
to tea, time: started the tunes in
prayer meetings, times; started the
wrong tune. times; sang hymns that
nobody else knew, 2 times; received
into church membership. 8; dismissed
by letter. 40; expelled, 16; strayed or
stolen. 37.-BurdeHe, IN Brooklyn
Eagle.
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WONDER.

wonder " she guesses IT,
Ny little lady fine!
Her picture ne'er expresses IL,
This photograph OF mine.
She sits up there and looks at mo,
Upon the maDtel high:
meanwhile chums throwing books at me
Because don't reply)
She little knows what VOWS make
Before this shrine OF hers;
And could she see the bows make
She'd call me mad or worse.
wonder II she dreams Of it,
II ever, through her mind,
Go floating stray faint CLEANS, OF 1t.
Like straws that show the wind.
sing my little songs to her
Poor, witty long or tcrse:
Each trife that belongs to her
Iweave into my verse.
She takes them'all so prettily,
think she must have guessed;
She turns them of as wittily
As though twere all a Jest.
wonder II she hecds them all,
And II she half divines
The meaning, as she reads them all,
write between the lines.
Would she accept, refuse 1t ALL
II she should guess--who knowsi
And would gain, or lose 1t all,
If should speak In proseY
-Derfer Carleton Hdsh5urn, in ". y Ma
and Express.
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"A paper beer bottle is tc be the
next achievement in the bottle line.
Inks. paints, oils, and certain acids
have Tor some time past been put in
paper bottles, us being safer from
breakage and freezing than those made
81 glass.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-10

"A Florida farmer noticed two Of
his mich cows fighting recently, and
afterwards discovered that one had
broken the others neck, while then
horns were so firmly interlocked as to
require those of the dead COW to be
sawn off before the living one could be
released
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-10

A robins nest with FIVE eggs in it
was found by some London workmen
in an old tin cup in disused sewer.
The old bj Il flew away when dis
severed.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-10

B US, l will be the next man
killed OF this road said Trackman
James Delaney, of the Santa Fe road.
on Thursday las. when two tramps
were nanglcd. HIS prediction was
realized Just Def re nightsall on
Friday be was caught between tracks
on trestle by two trains. and in at
tempting to escape fell headforcmost
on the rail- Ho was dccaritatcd in
stantlv. while his body was threwn up
on the other track and tora into
shreds.
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Good wife's Fears.

Goodbye, my dear" said wife,
anxiously. as her husband turned to
go. II sha'n't have moments peace
until you return. Oh, John, when will
you have saved enough to give up life
80 beset with peril and danger?'
Before long, dear, ] hope. But
must go. / want to call the game
promptly at four o'clock. IN Y. Sam.
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1t has been said, the wise man rules
his stars, the fool obeys them.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-29
The RAILWAY WORLD
The st. Paul & Duluth Sur
vey to Omaha Already
Completed,
AID Now the Question Arises,
Will They Build the
Road?
A Plan for a Short Line Be-
tween Oshkosh and
Berlin.
Further Assertions That the
Red River Valley Road
Will be Built.

Nearly three months ago the GLOBE
gave the particulars of party of st.
Paul Il Duluth surveyors being engaged
surveying route to Omaha. These
surveyors were then in the vicinity of
Pennington and were very industri-
ously stalking out the line. Of course,
like all such gentlemen, they were very
reticent, and very studiously kept their
own counSelS. 1t is now understood
that the company has already completed
its survey, and that it is claimed to be
eighty miles shorter than any other line
between st. Paul and Omaha. This
would make this road almost an air line
between the two towns named, and
would give the st. Paul & Duluth, by
reason of its direct line from st. Paul to
Duluth, the power to practic-
ally control all Duluth-Omaha
business. A direct route from st. Paul
to Omaha would have to cross the 1lli-
nois Central and the Minneapolis & st.
Louis, with which roads 1t would be
profitable for the st. Paul & Duluth to
have arrangements for an interchange
of business. Aside from the directneSS
of its line, the st. Paul u Duluth could,
because of its light grade, make conSid-
cradle reductions in rates to the South
west, if the Omaha line is built.
Whether or not the line will be built the
st. Paul IL Duluth people will not say.
Some of the stockholders claim to think
that it ought not to be built, at any rate
not now, and that the road as it now is
IS sufficient for the requirmentS of the
country.